Collette Stevenson

13 Jul 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how may children and young people in the East Kilbride constituency it estimates are, in the current financial year, (a) eligible for, (b) receiving and (c) forecast to receive payments for the (i) Scottish Child Payment and (ii) Best Start Grant, broken down by each of the Best Start pa…

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: The Scottish Fiscal Commission publish estimates and forecasts of eligibility and payments for Scottish Child Payment and Best Start Grant but only for Scotland. There are no estimates or forecasts of eligibility and take-up (the proportion of eligible childr…

13 Jul 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much Pupil Equity Funding each school in the G74 and G75 postcode areas (a) received in 2022-23 and (b) will receive in 2023-24, broken down by school.

Answer · Jenny Gilruth: Pupil Equity Funding allocations are updated and published annually to take into account new, closed and merged schools of that year. The 2023-24 Pupil Equity Funding allocations are currently being finalised and will be communicated to local authorities shor…

13 Jul 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many pupils in each school in the G74 and G75 postcode areas (a) will receive from August 2023 and (b) received in the last school year, universal free school meals provision, and what the average saving per child is for these families due to this policy.

Answer · Jenny Gilruth: Universal free school meals are available to all children in Primaries 1 to 5, and to all pupils in special schools, saving families £400 per eligible child per year. We are committed to the expansion of free school meals, with the next phase of this being t…

11 Jul 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding social security in Scotland, whether it will provide the (a) total value in the 2022-23 financial year and (b) estimated value in the current financial year of (i) expenditure on payments, (ii) funding provided through the Fiscal Framework and (iii) value of additional Scottis…

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: The most recent Scottish Fiscal Commission forecast, published on 25 May 2023, shows Social Security expenditure of £4.2 billion in 2022-23, and forecast to be £5.3 billion in 2023-24. The SFC highlight that the OBR have forecast the Block Grant Adjustment fo…

11 Jul 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the costs of mitigating any UK Government policy decisions, insofar as those decisions impact on people in Scotland, in (a) each of the last five financial years and (b) the current financial year.

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: More than £711 million has been spent in the last five financial years to mitigate the effects of UK Government policy. It included investment in Discretionary Housing Payments, the Scottish Welfare Fund, money advice services, and Universal Credit Scottish c…

2 Jun 2023 · Inspired Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its draft plan on ending the need for food banks.

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: The Scottish Government has today published Cash-First: Towards Ending the Need for Food Banks in Scotland. This sets out our human rights approach to tackling food insecurity and details nine actions that we will take in collaboration with partners over th…

24 May 2023 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with NHS Lanarkshire and what was discussed.

16 May 2023 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership, and what was discussed.

1 May 2023 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister whether he will provide an update on the anti-poverty summit that took place on Wednesday 3 May.

19 Apr 2023 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its work to keep The Promise to those who are care experienced.

21 Mar 2023 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government following the announcement of the UK Spring Budget.

26 Jan 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people were employed by the (a) Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, (b) Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service and (c) Scottish Prison Service in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2021-22.

Answer · Keith Brown: The following details the number of people employed by the requested organisations in each period asked for:  Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service Scottish Prison Service 2006-07 1525.8 1,184 4,119 2021-22 …

19 Jan 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the (a) total spend to date on, (b) costs in the financial year 2021-22 for and (c) expected costs in the financial year (i) 2022-23 and (ii) 2023-24 for, the repayment of Private Finance Initiative/Public Private Partnership (PFI/PPP) debts, including the (A…

Answer · John Swinney: Information relating to Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and Non-Profit Distributing (NPD) contracts and their associated unitary charge payments, is available from the Scottish Government website by way of the following link www.gov.scot

19 Jan 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the (a) original capital value of, (b) total spend to date on, (c) cost in each of the last five financial years of and (d) estimated cost per year until the end of the contract to service, each (i) NHS, (ii) education, (iii) justice and (iv) other Priv…

Answer · John Swinney: There are 3 operational Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contracts which comprise facilities within the East Kilbride area. These are NHS Lanarkshire’s Hairmyres Hospital, the Police Scotland College (formerly Police Force Training Centre) and South Lanarkshi…

18 Jan 2023 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on Scotland's trainee doctor workforce.

10 Jan 2023 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to help increase public transport use in East Kilbride.

16 Nov 2022 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government how the expansion of the Scottish Child Payment will impact on the delivery of its Covid Recovery Strategy.

8 Nov 2022 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve Scotland’s relationship with European countries and any benefits such initiatives can have to Scotland’s people, public services and businesses.

18 Jul 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an estimate of the number of people in (a) the East Kilbride constituency and (b) Scotland who have benefitted from the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax first time buyer relief since its introduction.

Answer · Tom Arthur: Around 43,000 home buyers have claimed first-time buyers relief since its’ introduction in September 2018. Revenue Scotland does not publish constituency level data, however, the latest available local authority data shows that around 1,040 homebuyers in So…

24 Jun 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of pupils in the East Kilbride constituency who will (a) benefit from and (b) be included in the roll-out of the provision of universal free school meals to all children in primaries 1 to 5 in the coming academic year, and whether it will provide a…

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: Information on the number of children receiving free school meals, broken down by parliamentary constituency, is not available. The Pupil Census of 2021 reported there were 274,938 children in primaries 1 to 5 at all schools across Scotland, and 17,482 of tho…

21 Jun 2022 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the potential impacts on Scotland's economy and society of the UK Government's policy programme, including the current and future impact of Brexit on Scotland.

13 Jun 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many category (a) F2 and (b) F3 fireworks it estimates have been sold in Scotland in each of the last five years.

Answer · Ash Regan: Retail sector turnover figures are available from surveys carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) using Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes. There are no retail SIC codes specific to fireworks which means it is not possible to estim…

20 May 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08428 by Ben Macpherson on 19 May 2022, whether it can provide an estimate of the number of children and young people in the East Kilbride constituency who are (a) eligible for and (b) forecast to receive payments for the (i) Scottish Child Payment …

Answer · Ben Macpherson: The Scottish Fiscal Commission publish estimates and forecasts of eligibility and payments for Scottish Child Payment and Best Start Grant but only for Scotland. There are no estimates or forecasts of eligibility and take-up (the proportion of eligible childr…

19 May 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what estimates it has made of the number of (a) local authority, (b) registered social landlord and (c) other affordable homes built in the (i) East Kilbride constituency and (ii) South Lanarkshire Council area in each year since 1999.

Answer · Shona Robison: The table below shows the actual number of local authority, registered social landlord and other affordable homes that have been delivered in the South Lanarkshire Council Area between April 1999 to end March 2022 (as per our latest published quarterly housin…

19 May 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how it will support the delivery of (a) social and (b) other affordable housing (i) across the South Lanarkshire Council area and (ii) in East Kilbride over the current parliamentary session.

Answer · Shona Robison: Through our Affordable Housing Supply Programme, over this parliamentary session, we will make available over £156 million of funding for the South Lanarkshire Council area to support delivery of social and affordable homes. Details of the resource planning a…

19 May 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it (a) provided in each financial year from 2015-16 to 2021-22 and (b) has allocated in 2022-23 to support the delivery of affordable housing in the (i) East Kilbride constituency and (ii) South Lanarkshire Council area.

Answer · Shona Robison: The following table shows actual funding provided between 2015-16 and 2021-22 to support the delivery of affordable housing in the South Lanarkshire Council Area. Actual spend 2015-16 £m 2016-17 £m 2017-18 £m 2018-19 £m 2019-20 £m 2020-21 £m 202…

3 May 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its most recent estimates are for how many children in the East Kilbride constituency are receiving support from (a) the Scottish Child Payment and (b) Best Start Grants.

Answer · Ben Macpherson: In the South Lanarkshire Local Authority (a) 5,525 clients received one or more payments for Scottish Child Payment between April 2021 and December 2021, and (b) 3,955 clients received one or more payments for Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods between Apr…

3 May 2022 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the economy in East Kilbride.

25 Apr 2022 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government can take to encourage more women to stand for elected office.

11 Apr 2022 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the Department for Work and Pensions, and what was discussed.